“If on the one side we do not harbor the illusion that the entire proletariat must be enlightened before it can be called into battle, so on the other we do not doubt that as much enlightenment as possible must be produced with oral and printed agitation.” IfsSidesDoubtBattleEnlightenmentIllusionEnlightenedPrintedHarborsProletariatAgitation Author:Johann Most
“I have known many gods. He who denies them is as blind as he who trusts them too deeply. I see not beyond death. Let me live while I live; let me know the rich juices of red meat and stinging wine on my palate, the hot embrace of white arms, the mad exultation of battle when the blue blades flame and crimson, and I am content. I know this: if life is an illusion, then I am no less than an illusion, and being thus, the illusion is real to me. I live, I burn with life, I love, I slay, and am content.” IfsKnowsRealLife IsWhiteKnownRichArmsBattleIllusionRedLet MeHotBlueBlindMadWineEmbraceDenyFlamesMeatBladesJuicePalateCrimsonRed Meat Author:Robert E. Howard
“I disagree very strongly with people saying "that battle is over." If you've started a battle, I don't think it ever ends. The illusion that it's ended can reverse any good results that have come from it.” PeopleIfsThinkingEndsResultsBattleIllusionDisagreeVery StrongReverse Author:Jenny Hval
“Such professions as the soldier and the lawyer ... give ample opportunity for crimes but not much for mere illusions. ... If you have lost a battle you cannot believe you have won it; if your client is hanged you cannot pretend that you have gotten him off.” IfsGivingBelieveOpportunityLostCrimeBattleIllusionMereSoldierProfessionLawyerClients Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“My father's from Pakistan and he has been a secularist all his life. In the Pakistani context, there's no messing with religion. There's been a battle for the soul of Pakistan since 1947 and I have grown up without any illusions about the dangers of religious power in the context of a country like Pakistan.” SoulCountryReligiousDangerBattleIllusion Author:Sadakat Kadri
“...I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire...I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all of your breath trying to conquer it. Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.” MenGivingTryingMaySaidMomentsMightRememberDesireForgetFieldsFoolVictoryBattleDespairIllusionBreathsPhilosopherConquerFollyNow And ThenForget ItFuryMausoleum Author:William Faulkner
“The phrase "It's absolutely the same with me, I..." seems to be an approving echo, a way of continuing the other's thought, but that is an illusion: in reality it is a brute revolt against a brutal violence, an effort to free our own ear from bondage and to occupy the enemy's ear by force. Because all of man's life among his kind is nothing other than a battle to seize the ear of others.” MenWayKindRealitySeemsForceEffortEnemyViolenceBattleIllusionEarsPhrasesBrutalContinuingEchoesBondageBrutesRevoltApproving Author:Milan Kundera
“The illusions it had woven for me had taken place only in my head. The battle had been invisible to the naked eye, but the hard ones are.” HardEyeTakenBattleIllusionInvisibleNakedWovenNaked Eyes Book:The Fever Series 7-Book Bundle: Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever, Dreamfever, Shadowfever, Iced, Burned Source: The Fever Series 7-Book Bundle: Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever, Dreamfever, Shadowfever, Iced, Burned
“Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.” MenSaidFieldsFoolVictoryBattleDespairLosingIllusionPhilosopherFollyFuryMausoleum Author:William Faulkner